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Historic rhino horn stolen from university

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Updated: 1:49 PM CDT May 3, 2017

BURLINGTON, Vt. —

A rhinoceros horn was stolen from a University of Vermont building in Burlington.

Campus police were informed April 27 of the theft from Torrey Hall.

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The university acquired the horn in the early 1900s, housing it in the Fleming Museum at 61 Colchester Ave. The horn was moved in about 1950 to what was then the Department of Zoology.

The university said the paperwork for the specimen did not move along with it, so they do not have details on the horn's origin.

Until it was stolen, the rhino horn was displayed in the natural history collection.

"It's not a really big museum," UVM Deputy Police Chief Tim Bilodeau said. "A couple doors down The Fleming Museum, which has more robust collection. Some items there that have significance to the biology department."

Because of the historic value of the horn, the university is offering a reward for information leading to the recovery of the horn and the arrest of those responsible for the theft.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call campus police at 802-656-3473.